Tommy Eliasson Winter takes over as alpine director

Swedish Ski Association’s alpine director Ville Bylin has decided to step down for family reasons. His successor will be Tommy Eliasson Winter, the current team captain and discipline head for ski cross.

– It will be exciting to work with alpine skiing in the build-up to the FIS World Ski Championships 2019 in Åre, says Tommy Eliasson Winter. 

There will be some changes in the Swedish Ski Association before the 2015/2016 season since alpine director Ville Bylin has decided to leave for family reasons.

– I have enjoyed two fantastic seasons as alpine director and I will certainly miss all the action with the sport. My decision has grown gradually and is based on the need to spend more time at home, says Ville Bylin.

– I wish to thank Ville for an excellent job. Besides the athletic successes, he has greatly improved the team’s finances, which will provide his successor with great conditions to continue the work on sport development, says Niklas Carlsson, Secretary General.

Tommy Eliasson Winter was born in Boden where he began his career in alpine skiing. In 2003 he swapped the discipline and became one of the pioneers in Swedish ski cross. He retired from competition after the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games in 2010 and became the team captain/head of discipline for ski cross, delivering great results – both from sports and financial perspectives – year after year.

– It has been a fantastic journey to develop ski cross from an unknown sport to a staple on TV screens in Sweden. However, I am now ready to take another step forward and very excited about the task to develop both the national team and general participation in alpine skiing. It feels wonderful to take over such a strong organisation and work toward continued success in the build-up to and at the home championships at Åre 2019, states Tommy.

Tommy will assume his new role on 1st August whilst Ville Bylin will continue to assist the transition until mid-September.

For more information, contact:
Niklas Carlsson, Secretary General
Email: niklas.carlsson@skidor.com
Mobile: 070-370 01 38

Tommy Eliasson Winter
Email: tommy.eliasson@skidor.com
Mobile: 0731-80 83 94

Ville Bylin
Email: ville.bylin@skidor.com
Mobile: 070-372 01 45